Girl Guides Association of Zambia

Country

Zambia

Founded

1924

Membership

23,662

Matron

Thandiwe Banda

Chief Commissioner

Janet Sital

Affiliation

The Girl Guides Association of Zambia is the national Guiding organization of Zambia. It serves 23,662 members (as of 2009).^[1] Founded in 1924 as the Guides of Northern Rhodesia, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1966.

The Girl Guide emblem features the head of a kudu.

In October 2009, First Lady Thandiwe Banda was installed as Matron of the association.^[1]

References

1 2 "Tandiwe Installed as Girl guide matron". Zambian Watchdog. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2099-10-30. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Members of the Africa Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Full members	Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Chad Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire The Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Associate members	Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Swaziland

Countries working towards WAGGGS	Mozambique Niger São Tomé and Príncipe South Sudan

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